"important" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪm.ˈpɔː.tənt/ [Received-Pronunciation, UK], [ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩ʔ] [Received-Pronunciation, UK], [ɪmˈpʰɔːtənt̚] [Received-Pronunciation, UK], /ɪm.ˈpɔɹ.tənt/ [General-American], [ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔn̩t] [General-American], /ɪm.ˈpo(ː)ɹ.tənt/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ɪm.ˈpoə.tənt/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ɪm.ˈpɔɹ.dənt/ (note: US, T-Flapping) Audio: en-us-important.ogg [US] Forms: more important [comparative], most important [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. Displaced native Old English heah and hefig. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|important}} Middle English important, {{der|en|ML.|importāns|important-, importāns}} Medieval Latin important-, importāns, {{noncog|ang|heah}} Old English heah, {{m|ang|hefig}} hefig Head templates: {{en-adj}} important (comparative more important, superlative most important)
  1. Having relevant and crucial value; having import. Translations (having relevant and crucial value): belangrik (Afrikaans), rëndësishëm (Albanian), مُهِمّ (muhimm) (Arabic), مهم (muhimm) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), مُهِم (muhimm) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), important (Aragonese), חסינא (ħasīna) [masculine] (Aramaic), կարեւոր (karewor) (Armenian), ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ (ānanqāyā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ (ālṣāyā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), importante (Asturian), mühüm (Azerbaijani), vacib (Azerbaijani), önəmli (Azerbaijani), əhəmiyyətli (Azerbaijani), mabuat (Balinese), gati (Balinese), мөһим (möhim) (Bashkir), garrantzitsu (Basque), ва́жны (vážny) (Belarusian), গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (guruttopurno) (Bengali), ва́жен (vážen) (Bulgarian), အရေးကြီး (a.re:kri:) (Burmese), important (Catalan), گرنگ (gring) (Central Kurdish), 重要 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 要緊 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 要紧 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 緊要 (Chinese Cantonese), 紧要 (gan² jiu³) (Chinese Cantonese), 重要 (zhòngyào) (Chinese Mandarin), důležitý (Czech), vigtig (Danish), belangrijk (Dutch), wr:r (wr) (Egyptian), grava (Esperanto), tähtis (Estonian), oluline (Estonian), emportanti (Extremaduran), umráðandi (Faroese), tärkeä (Finnish), important (French), importante (Galician), მნიშვნელოვანი (mnišvnelovani) (Georgian), wichtig (German), σημαντικός (simantikós) (Greek), enpòtan (Haitian Creole), חָשׁוּב (khashúv) (Hebrew), महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇ) (Hindi), अहम (aham) (Hindi), fontos (Hungarian), mikilvægur (Icelandic), importanta (Ido), penting (Indonesian), vaažnoi (Ingrian), importante (Interlingua), tábhachtach (Irish), mórluachach (Irish), importante (Italian), 重要 (jūyō) (Japanese), 大切 (taisetsu) (Japanese), ಮುಖ್ಯ (mukhya) (Kannada), маңызды (mañyzdy) (Kazakh), សំខាន់ (somkən) (Khmer), 중요하다 (jung'yohada) (Korean), маанилүү (maanilüü) (Kyrgyz), олуттуу (oluttuu) (Kyrgyz), ສຳຄັນ (english: sam khan) (Lao), gravis (Latin), magnus (Latin), svarīgs (Latvian), nozīmīgs (Latvian), svarbus (Lithuanian), importan (Louisiana Creole French), gro (Louisiana Creole French), wažny (Lower Sorbian), wichteg (Luxembourgish), ва́жен (vážen) (Macedonian), зна́чаен (znáčaen) (Macedonian), penting (Malay), അതിപ്രധാനമായ (atipradhānamāya) (Malayalam), മുഖ്യമായ (mukhyamāya) (Malayalam), ഗൗരവമുള്ള (gauravamuḷḷa) (Malayalam), ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള (uyaṟnna padaviyiluḷḷa) (Malayalam), importanti (Maltese), tiketike (Maori), matua (Maori), hira (Maori), mātuatua (Maori), pūwhero (note: of the rank of a person) (Maori), pūwhewhero (note: of the rank of a person) (Maori), amportante (Mirandese), чухал (čuxal) (Mongolian), tsʼídá bíhólníihgo (Navajo), महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇa) (Nepali), împortant (Norman), giring (Northern Kurdish), fer (Northern Kurdish), alvorlig (Norwegian), betydelig (Norwegian), viktig (Norwegian), important (Occitan), ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ (gurutbôpurṇṇô) (Odia), hefiġ (Old English), مهم (mohemm) (Persian), wichtich (Plautdietsch), ważny [masculine] (Polish), importante (Portuguese), ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ (mahattavpūran) (Punjabi), important (Romanian), ва́жный (vážnyj) (Russian), зна́чимый (znáčimyj) (Russian), tāua (Samoan), गुरु (guru) (Sanskrit), अत्यावश्यक (atyāvaśyaka) (Sanskrit), cudromach (Scottish Gaelic), важан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), važan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), වැදගත් (wædagat) (Sinhalese), dôležitý (Slovak), pomémben (Slovene), važen (Slovene), importante (Spanish), muhimu (Swahili), viktig (Swedish), betydelsefull (Swedish), mahalagá (Tagalog), муҳим (muhim) (Tajik), முக்கியம் (mukkiyam) (Tamil), பிரதானம் (piratāṉam) (Tamil), பாரதூரம் (pāratūram) (Tamil), ముఖ్యమైన (mukhyamaina) (Telugu), importante (Tetum), สำคัญ (sǎm-kan) (Thai), เอ้ (ây) (Thai), གལ་ཆེན་པོ (gal chen po) (Tibetan), mahuʻinga (Tongan), önemli (Turkish), mühim (Turkish), dahylly (Turkmen), möhüm (Turkmen), важли́вий (važlývyj) (Ukrainian), значни́й (značnýj) (Ukrainian), важни́й (važnýj) (Ukrainian), wažny (Upper Sorbian), اہم (aham) (Urdu), muhim (Uzbek), quan trọng (Vietnamese), trọng yếu (Vietnamese), veütik (Volapük), impôrtant (Walloon), consecant (Walloon), pwysig (Welsh), wichtich (West Frisian), וויכטיק (vikhtik) (Yiddish), חשובֿ (khoshev) (Yiddish), mihim (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-important-en-adj-en:relevant Disambiguation of 'having relevant and crucial value': 91 9
  2. (obsolete) Pompous; self-important. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-important-en-adj-Mug4Kn3U Categories (other): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using discouraged character sequences Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages using discouraged character sequences: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: momentous, memorable, notable Derived forms: all-important, important bird area, importantly, importantness, more important fish to fry, unimportant, very important person, VIP Related terms: import, importance, strange

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "ignorable"
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    {
      "word": "petty"
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      "word": "slight"
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      "word": "unimportant"
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "text": "It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son",
          "text": "For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3",
          "text": "In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.",
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        }
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        "Having relevant and crucial value; having import."
      ],
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          "import",
          "import"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "belangrik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "rëndësishëm"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muhimm",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "مُهِمّ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muhimm",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مهم"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muhimm",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "مُهِم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "important"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "arc",
          "lang": "Aramaic",
          "roman": "ħasīna",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חסינא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "ānanqāyā",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "aii",
          "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
          "roman": "ālṣāyā",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "karewor",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "կարեւոր"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mühüm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "vacib"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "önəmli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "əhəmiyyətli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ban",
          "lang": "Balinese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mabuat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ban",
          "lang": "Balinese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "gati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "möhim",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "мөһим"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "garrantzitsu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vážny",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ва́жны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "guruttopurno",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "গুরুত্বপূর্ণ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vážen",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ва́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.re:kri:",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "အရေးကြီး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "important"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "緊要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gan² jiu³",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "紧要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "重要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "要緊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "要紧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhòngyào",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "重要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "důležitý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "vigtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "belangrijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "wr",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wr:r"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "grava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "tähtis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "oluline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ext",
          "lang": "Extremaduran",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "emportanti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "umráðandi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "tärkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "important"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mnišvnelovani",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "მნიშვნელოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "simantikós",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "σημαντικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "enpòtan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khashúv",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "חָשׁוּב"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mahatvapūrṇ",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "महत्वपूर्ण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "aham",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "अहम"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "fontos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mikilvægur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "penting"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "vaažnoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "tábhachtach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mórluachach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jūyō",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "重要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taisetsu",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "大切"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "mukhya",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ಮುಖ್ಯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "mañyzdy",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "маңызды"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "somkən",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "សំខាន់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jung'yohada",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "중요하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "gring",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "گرنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "giring"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "fer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "maanilüü",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "маанилүү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "oluttuu",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "олуттуу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lo",
          "english": "sam khan",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ສຳຄັນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "gravis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "magnus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "svarīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "nozīmīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "svarbus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "gro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wichteg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vážen",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ва́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "znáčaen",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "зна́чаен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "penting"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "atipradhānamāya",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "അതിപ്രധാനമായ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "mukhyamāya",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "മുഖ്യമായ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "gauravamuḷḷa",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ഗൗരവമുള്ള"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "uyaṟnna padaviyiluḷḷa",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importanti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "tiketike"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "matua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "hira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mātuatua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of the rank of a person",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "pūwhero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of the rank of a person",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "pūwhewhero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "amportante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "čuxal",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "чухал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "tsʼídá bíhólníihgo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "mahatvapūrṇa",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "महत्वपूर्ण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "împortant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "alvorlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "betydelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "viktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "important"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "gurutbôpurṇṇô",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "hefiġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mohemm",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "مهم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wichtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ważny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "mahattavpūran",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "important"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vážnyj",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ва́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "znáčimyj",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "зна́чимый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "tāua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "guru",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "गुरु"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "atyāvaśyaka",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "अत्यावश्यक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "cudromach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "важан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "važan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "wædagat",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "වැදගත්"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "dôležitý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "pomémben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "važen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wažny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wažny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "muhimu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "viktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "betydelsefull"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mahalagá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "muhim",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "муҳим"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "mukkiyam",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "முக்கியம்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "piratāṉam",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "பிரதானம்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "pāratūram",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "பாரதூரம்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "mukhyamaina",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "ముఖ్యమైన"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tet",
          "lang": "Tetum",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "importante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎm-kan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "สำคัญ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ây",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "เอ้"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "gal chen po",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "གལ་ཆེན་པོ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "to",
          "lang": "Tongan",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mahuʻinga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "önemli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mühim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "dahylly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "möhüm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "važlývyj",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "важли́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "značnýj",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "значни́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "važnýj",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "важни́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "aham",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "اہم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "muhim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "quan trọng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "trọng yếu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "veütik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "impôrtant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "consecant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "pwysig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "wichtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "vikhtik",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "וויכטיק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "khoshev",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "חשובֿ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
          "word": "mihim"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using discouraged character sequences",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pompous; self-important."
      ],
      "id": "en-important-en-adj-Mug4Kn3U",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pompous",
          "pompous"
        ],
        [
          "self-important",
          "self-important"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Pompous; self-important."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩ʔ]",
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        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "[ɪmˈpʰɔːtənt̚]",
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    "IPA for English using .ˈ or .ˌ",
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    "Requests for review of Tamil translations"
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    {
      "word": "important bird area"
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      "word": "more important fish to fry"
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    {
      "word": "VIP"
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          "ref": "1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son",
          "text": "For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection."
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          "ref": "2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3",
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      "ipa": "[ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩ʔ]",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "[ɪmˈpʰɔːtənt̚]",
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      "ipa": "/ɪm.ˈpɔɹ.tənt/",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:important",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "belangrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "rëndësishëm"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muhimm",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "مُهِمّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muhimm",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مهم"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muhimm",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "مُهِم"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "important"
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    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "ħasīna",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "חסינא"
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    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "ānanqāyā",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ"
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    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "ālṣāyā",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karewor",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "կարեւոր"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mühüm"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "vacib"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "önəmli"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "əhəmiyyətli"
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      "code": "ban",
      "lang": "Balinese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mabuat"
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    {
      "code": "ban",
      "lang": "Balinese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "gati"
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "möhim",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "мөһим"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "garrantzitsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vážny",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ва́жны"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "guruttopurno",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "গুরুত্বপূর্ণ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vážen",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ва́жен"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.re:kri:",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "အရေးကြီး"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "important"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "緊要"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gan² jiu³",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "紧要"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
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      "word": "重要"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
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      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
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      "word": "要紧"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhòngyào",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "重要"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "důležitý"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "vigtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "belangrijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "wr",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wr:r"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "grava"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "tähtis"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "oluline"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "emportanti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "umráðandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "tärkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "important"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mnišvnelovani",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "მნიშვნელოვანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "simantikós",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "σημαντικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "enpòtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khashúv",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "חָשׁוּב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahatvapūrṇ",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "महत्वपूर्ण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aham",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "अहम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "fontos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mikilvægur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "penting"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "vaažnoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "tábhachtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mórluachach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūyō",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "重要"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taisetsu",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "大切"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "mukhya",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ಮುಖ್ಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mañyzdy",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "маңызды"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "somkən",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "សំខាន់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jung'yohada",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "중요하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "gring",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "گرنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "giring"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "fer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "maanilüü",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "маанилүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oluttuu",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "олуттуу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "english": "sam khan",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ສຳຄັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "gravis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "magnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "svarīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "nozīmīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "svarbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lou",
      "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importan"
    },
    {
      "code": "lou",
      "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "gro"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wichteg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vážen",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ва́жен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "znáčaen",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "зна́чаен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "penting"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "atipradhānamāya",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "അതിപ്രധാനമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mukhyamāya",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "മുഖ്യമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gauravamuḷḷa",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ഗൗരവമുള്ള"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uyaṟnna padaviyiluḷḷa",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importanti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "tiketike"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "matua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "hira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mātuatua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of the rank of a person",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "pūwhero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of the rank of a person",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "pūwhewhero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "amportante"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "čuxal",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "чухал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "tsʼídá bíhólníihgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "mahatvapūrṇa",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "महत्वपूर्ण"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "împortant"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "alvorlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "betydelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "viktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "important"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "gurutbôpurṇṇô",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "hefiġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohemm",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "مهم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wichtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ważny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "mahattavpūran",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "important"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vážnyj",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ва́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znáčimyj",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "зна́чимый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "tāua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "guru",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "गुरु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "atyāvaśyaka",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "अत्यावश्यक"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "cudromach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "важан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "važan"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "wædagat",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "වැදගත්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "dôležitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "pomémben"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "važen"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wažny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wažny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "muhimu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "viktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "betydelsefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mahalagá"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhim",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "муҳим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "mukkiyam",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "முக்கியம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "piratāṉam",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "பிரதானம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pāratūram",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "பாரதூரம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mukhyamaina",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "ముఖ్యమైన"
    },
    {
      "code": "tet",
      "lang": "Tetum",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "importante"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎm-kan",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "สำคัญ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ây",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "เอ้"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gal chen po",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "གལ་ཆེན་པོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mahuʻinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "önemli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mühim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "dahylly"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "möhüm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "važlývyj",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "важли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "značnýj",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "значни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "važnýj",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "важни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "aham",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "اہم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "muhim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "quan trọng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "trọng yếu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "veütik"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "impôrtant"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "consecant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "pwysig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "wichtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vikhtik",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "וויכטיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khoshev",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "חשובֿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "having relevant and crucial value",
      "word": "mihim"
    }
  ],
  "word": "important"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tiōng-iàu vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "important"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "important",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": iàu-kín vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "important"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "important",
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}

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